Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-10-04 Thread James E. Morrow

d...@kd4e.com wrote:

James E. Morrow wrote:

Allow me to jump in here. I'm a Cox HSI customer so I have some
familiarity with port 25 blocking. You may wish to ask your nonISP email
providers what SMTP port to use. This will generally be port 587. If SSL
is used then use port 465. Your email provider (not your ISP) will be
able to tell you what ports and with what settings their server is
listening.

If you are away from home and can't log on to your ISP then you can't
send over their network. Use their web-mail.

When I send emails here at home Cox's MX mail transit servers are the
only Cox servers touching my email, not their SMTP or POP servers.


It has been a couple of decades since I was a systems manager and
I have probably forgotten more about networking than I ever knew! :-(

Can you clarify the hierarchy of the Internet access process?

Where are the Ports and other security-related settings and other
addresses controlled?

e.g. Is Port 25 or 26 or 465 or 587 *always* controlled only by
whatever server controls the In and Out E-mail and Web access
(incl. FTP and VNC)? Or does the ISP (the one I use from Home
or the Wifi at the coffee shop or library or hotel or airport)
have to allow access to those ports?

HOME
-

My ISP
My ISP-hosted E-mail In  Out  Web
E-mail In  Out *not* hosted by my ISP

AWAY FROM HOME WIFI
--
The Host Wifi (e.g. a coffeehouse)
My ISP-hosted E-mail In  Out
E-mail In  Out *not* hosted by my ISP


Go to edit, Mail  Newsgroup Account Settings, Outgoing Servers, Edit in 
Seamonkey to adjust the port settings for SMTP.


The email provider controls what port can be used. But the ISP can block 
the use of a port. It is quite common to block port 25 outgoing to 
prevent the sending of spam. The use of alternate port will generally be 
allowed.


When using HOST WiFi away from home  the HOST WiFi provider will have 
control, but the real issue is what port does the server listen to? Port 
587 is the most common if you can't use 25. The Internet provider and 
the email server provider must allow the port for it to work. But the 
ISP or HOST  WiFi provider has little incentive to block anything but 
port 25. Still it pays to ask. The law of My server -- my rules 
generally controls.




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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-25 Thread Bill Davidsen

d...@kd4e.com wrote:

I keep meaning to ask this but forget when I get home.

I have had a problem with many/most non-home router
connections with the outgoing mail failing.

I get a message saying that the connection to the
smtp server failed.

What setting might be interfering with this, please?


As covered in many posts, this is an ISP decision, not a SM issue.

You asked:

At 09/22/2010 02:50 PM
 Has something changed so that everyone needs to do this in SM now?

You are using (trying to use) an ISP who doesn't allow mail.

At 09/22/2010 07:27 PM
 This eliminates my ISP as the source of the problem.

It does, it also eliminates SM as the source of the problem.

At 09/23/2010 05:56 PM
 My Web host and one of my three E-mail providers agrees with the
 info in an article someone private-mailed me that Port 25 is being
 blocked.

 He suggested trying Port 26, so I have made that change and will test
 it at a non-home Wifi connection tomorrow.  It appears to work from
 here OK.

This is another non-standard workaround, which will not work in all places. It 
wouldn't work at all if the ISP knew how to configure firewalls.


At 09/24/2010 10:22 AM
 Well, two of the three E-mail providers allow Port 26, my ISP does not.

 If Port 26 works at non-home Wifi sites then I will ask my ISP to
 enable Port 26 so I can leave all of them set that way all the time.

Your correct solution would probably be to use the message submission port, port 
587, which should not be blocked. Note, should not, incompetence is rampant, 
ISP block things at random, trying to stem the tide of spam. Message submission 
requires authentication and should not be blocked, but you need to check the 
always offer authentication option and provide your own credentials to make it 
work.


I'm assuming SM supports using this, I can't quickly check. As for your ISP 
providing this, I hope so, you can test by doing

  telnet {your outgoing server} 587
and looking for a prompt back. Disconnect by typing QUIT, if you don't speak 
SMTP by heart. ;-)


This uses a defined port and protocol, and is highly likely to be more portable 
than some undefined port.


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-25 Thread James E. Morrow

d...@kd4e.com wrote:

  Ray_Net wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote:


If your home ISP is indifferent as to which SMTP server you use, all
will work. If your road ISP requires you to use their SMTP server, then
any mail sent to any SMTP server other than theirs will be blocked.


My ISP let me use any SMTP server i want - BUT ...
...If i use mys ISP SMTP server i MUST be connected thru my ISP.
When i am not connected at my ISP network, i must use their webmail
mechanisn.


Well, two of the three E-mail providers allow Port 26, my ISP does not.

If Port 26 works at non-home Wifi sites then I will ask my ISP to
enable Port 26 so I can leave all of them set that way all the time.

Allow me to jump in here. I'm a Cox HSI customer so I have some 
familiarity with port 25 blocking. You may wish to ask your nonISP email 
providers what SMTP port to use. This will generally be port 587. If SSL 
is used then use port 465. Your email provider (not your ISP) will be 
able to tell you what ports and with what settings their server is 
listening.


If you are away from home and can't log on to your ISP then you can't 
send over their network. Use their web-mail.


When I send emails here at home Cox's MX mail transit servers are the 
only Cox servers touching my email, not their SMTP or POP servers.


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-25 Thread d...@kd4e.com

James E. Morrow wrote:

Allow me to jump in here. I'm a Cox HSI customer so I have some
familiarity with port 25 blocking. You may wish to ask your nonISP email
providers what SMTP port to use. This will generally be port 587. If SSL
is used then use port 465. Your email provider (not your ISP) will be
able to tell you what ports and with what settings their server is
listening.

If you are away from home and can't log on to your ISP then you can't
send over their network. Use their web-mail.

When I send emails here at home Cox's MX mail transit servers are the
only Cox servers touching my email, not their SMTP or POP servers.


It has been a couple of decades since I was a systems manager and
I have probably forgotten more about networking than I ever knew!  :-(

Can you clarify the hierarchy of the Internet access process?

Where are the Ports and other security-related settings and other
addresses controlled?

e.g. Is Port 25 or 26 or 465 or 587 *always* controlled only by
whatever server controls the In and Out E-mail and Web access
(incl. FTP and VNC)?  Or does the ISP (the one I use from Home
or the Wifi at the coffee shop or library or hotel or airport)
have to allow access to those ports?

HOME
-

My ISP
My ISP-hosted E-mail In  Out  Web
E-mail In  Out *not* hosted by my ISP

AWAY FROM HOME WIFI
--
The Host Wifi (e.g. a coffeehouse)
My ISP-hosted E-mail In  Out
E-mail In  Out *not* hosted by my ISP


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-24 Thread Ray_Net

Paul B. Gallagher wrote:



If your home ISP is indifferent as to which SMTP server you use, all
will work. If your road ISP requires you to use their SMTP server, then
any mail sent to any SMTP server other than theirs will be blocked.


My ISP let me use any SMTP server i want - BUT ...
...If i use mys ISP SMTP server i MUST be connected thru my ISP.
When i am not connected at my ISP network, i must use their webmail 
mechanisn.

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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-24 Thread d...@kd4e.com

 Ray_Net wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote:


If your home ISP is indifferent as to which SMTP server you use, all
will work. If your road ISP requires you to use their SMTP server, then
any mail sent to any SMTP server other than theirs will be blocked.


My ISP let me use any SMTP server i want - BUT ...
...If i use mys ISP SMTP server i MUST be connected thru my ISP.
When i am not connected at my ISP network, i must use their webmail
mechanisn.


Well, two of the three E-mail providers allow Port 26, my ISP does not.

If Port 26 works at non-home Wifi sites then I will ask my ISP to
enable Port 26 so I can leave all of them set that way all the time.

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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-23 Thread d...@kd4e.com

 If you want help, you need to post some details about about the
 accounts that are not working, and both the incoming and outgoing
 server settings.  Then maybe you can get some specific advice.
 Lee

Incoming E-mail is not relevant as it is working from non-home Wifi
connections for all 3 accounts.  Web browser access also works fine
at home and via Wifi connections away from home.

Outgoing is not working on any of the 3 E-mail accounts via Wifi
connections when away from home but works fine at home for all 3.

The 3 different E-mail accounts are hosted on 3 different servers
by 3 different providers (my ISP, GoDaddy, and a small company).

What, specifically, do you need to know about these accounts that
would be appropriate to post on a public list which content Google
then splashes all over the world?

It seems to me that SM 2.0.8 could only have a couple of settings
that are capable of creating this problem and someone must know
what are those settings.


JAS wrote:
I never had a problem until my ISP changed to secure and required
authentication from me, so it is your ISP.


I appreciate the efforts to help but we seem to be trapped in a
circle.

There are *3 separate Outgoing E-mail servers* involved here.

My ISP is relevant to only 1 of them.

The other two E-mail servers are GoDaddy and a third company.

I cannot conceive of any way that my ISP's settings are relevant
to Outgoing E-mail on the other 2 E-mail providers (even more so
when I am not home).

I can connect and have Web access and Incoming mail (using the Wifi
ISP - not my ISP), so my ISP authentication cannot apply, since I am
already into all three E-mail servers (for Incoming) and my ISP is
not in any way -- at that point -- involved with 2 of the 3.

I get that the E-mail associated with my ISP may require something
special to persuade my ISP to let me Send an E-mail from a non-home
Wifi but that does not explain why the other 2 are giving me the
exact same problem.

It *has* to be a setting in Seamonkey that is common to the 3.

I don't see how this can be related to my ISP because my ISP only
controls 1 of 3 of the Outgoing E-mail accounts.

WDYT?


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-23 Thread S. Beaulieu

d...@kd4e.com a écrit :

The 3 different E-mail accounts are hosted on 3 different servers
by 3 different providers (my ISP, GoDaddy, and a small company).



I also have on my laptop three email accounts hosted on three servers. 
The thing is, in all cases, the SMTP account is the same one: the one 
from my ISP. That is because GoDaddy and such usually don't offer SMTP 
connections, just mailboxes. You need to provide your own connection to 
access email (because GoDaddy is not an ISP, just a host).


What that means is, if I'm at home, I don't need to define a user name 
and password for SMTP since they automatically detect that I am using 
their network (duh, I'm home!). When I'm somewhere else, though, using 
WiFi or whatever, that is not the case. They see I am on a different 
network, trying to access theirs to send email. The email address I am 
using is of no importance, even if it is myaddr...@myisp.com. They just 
detect the network used.


In those cases, my user name and password for my ISP account must be 
defined in SeaMonkey. That allows my computer to tell them that I 
really am just one of their users accessing their server from another 
network.


That is done in the navigator, in Edit -- Account Settings -- Outgoing 
servers. Edit your settings there to put in whatever needs to be put in 
(your ISP can give you this info if you don't have it, and it's usually 
posted on their website).


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-23 Thread Paul B. Gallagher

d...@kd4e.com wrote:


There are *3 separate Outgoing E-mail servers* involved here.

My ISP is relevant to only 1 of them.

The other two E-mail servers are GoDaddy and a third company.

I cannot conceive of any way that my ISP's settings are relevant
to Outgoing E-mail on the other 2 E-mail providers (even more so
when I am not home).

I can connect and have Web access and Incoming mail (using the Wifi
ISP - not my ISP), so my ISP authentication cannot apply, since I am
already into all three E-mail servers (for Incoming) and my ISP is
not in any way -- at that point -- involved with 2 of the 3.

I get that the E-mail associated with my ISP may require something
special to persuade my ISP to let me Send an E-mail from a non-home
Wifi but that does not explain why the other 2 are giving me the
exact same problem.

It *has* to be a setting in Seamonkey that is common to the 3.

I don't see how this can be related to my ISP because my ISP only
controls 1 of 3 of the Outgoing E-mail accounts.


This still sounds like the problem I described earlier in this thread.

If your home ISP is indifferent as to which SMTP server you use, all 
will work. If your road ISP requires you to use their SMTP server, then 
any mail sent to any SMTP server other than theirs will be blocked.


Has nothing to do with SeaMonkey. Two workarounds:

1) When connecting on the road, use the corresponding webmails for the 
various accounts, remembering to cc: or bcc: yourself so you'll have a 
local copy of everything you send; or


2) Set up a fourth SMTP server in SeaMonkey, which you don't use at 
home. When you're on the road, change your settings so all outgoing mail 
from all three accounts goes through that server. The server has to be 
that of the ISP through which you're connecting, and you have to have an 
account with that ISP and give name/password the first time you send 
this way (tell SM to remember these). When you return home, point your 
various accounts back to the various SMTP servers you would normally use.


In my case, I don't have an account with that ISP, but my nephew kindly 
allowed me to use his name/password to send mail. Of course, I would 
never use the info to read his mail, but I could if I were unscrupulous, 
so few people would let you do this.


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-23 Thread d...@kd4e.com

Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

This still sounds like the problem I described earlier in this thread.

If your home ISP is indifferent as to which SMTP server you use, all
will work. If your road ISP requires you to use their SMTP server, then
any mail sent to any SMTP server other than theirs will be blocked.

Has nothing to do with SeaMonkey. Two workarounds:

1) When connecting on the road, use the corresponding webmails for the
various accounts, remembering to cc: or bcc: yourself so you'll have a
local copy of everything you send; or

2) Set up a fourth SMTP server in SeaMonkey, which you don't use at
home. When you're on the road, change your settings so all outgoing mail
from all three accounts goes through that server. The server has to be
that of the ISP through which you're connecting, and you have to have an
account with that ISP and give name/password the first time you send
this way (tell SM to remember these). When you return home, point your
various accounts back to the various SMTP servers you would normally use.

In my case, I don't have an account with that ISP, but my nephew kindly
allowed me to use his name/password to send mail. Of course, I would
never use the info to read his mail, but I could if I were unscrupulous,
so few people would let you do this.


Wow, what a hassle.  So much for convenient and friendly Wifi's when on
the road.  Sigh.

My Web host and one of my three E-mail providers agrees with the
info in an article someone private-mailed me that Port 25 is being
blocked.

He suggested trying Port 26, so I have made that change and will test
it at a non-home Wifi connection tomorrow.  It appears to work from
here OK.




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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-22 Thread d...@kd4e.com

Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

What I've done on my laptop is set up another SMTP server in my mail and
news account settings, and when (for example) connecting through
Verizon, who are not my normal ISP, I make that my default SMTP server
(the setup for that SMTP server has to include a Verizon username and
password). But when I'm at a location where the ISP doesn't care, I go
on using the SMTP server I would normally use.


I'm not completely clear on this.

You mean that when I am at the coffee shop and am using their Wifi I
would need to ID their server and add it in order to send E-mails?

The same with the Dunkin Donuts, the library, the airport, etc?

I have not had to do this before and have never heard of the need
to do this before.

Has something changed so that everyone needs to do this in SM now?


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-22 Thread Beauregard T. Shagnasty
d...@kd4e.com wrote:

 Has something changed so that everyone needs to do this in SM now?

No.

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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-22 Thread Paul B. Gallagher

d...@kd4e.com wrote:


Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

What I've done on my laptop is set up another SMTP server in my mail and
news account settings, and when (for example) connecting through
Verizon, who are not my normal ISP, I make that my default SMTP server
(the setup for that SMTP server has to include a Verizon username and
password). But when I'm at a location where the ISP doesn't care, I go
on using the SMTP server I would normally use.


I'm not completely clear on this.

You mean that when I am at the coffee shop and am using their Wifi I
would need to ID their server and add it in order to send E-mails?


I don't know; requirements vary from ISP to ISP. I just threw that out 
as a possibility that might account for your experience.



The same with the Dunkin Donuts, the library, the airport, etc?

I have not had to do this before and have never heard of the need
to do this before.

Has something changed so that everyone needs to do this in SM now?


Nothing specific to SM. But from what little I've heard -- experts 
welcome to jump in here -- some ISPs think this is a strategy to block 
spammers.


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-22 Thread Mark Hansen
On 9/22/2010 11:50 AM, d...@kd4e.com wrote:
 
 You mean that when I am at the coffee shop and am using their Wifi I
 would need to ID their server and add it in order to send E-mails?
 
 The same with the Dunkin Donuts, the library, the airport, etc?

Most likely, yes.

 
 I have not had to do this before and have never heard of the need
 to do this before.

Perhaps you're ISP never required this before?

 
 Has something changed so that everyone needs to do this in SM now?
 
 

Nothing has changed in SeaMonkey to affect this. Check with your ISP.
Most (all?) that I've dealt with do not allow anyone that is not on
their network to use their SMTP server. Some will allow as long as
you authenticate. It's a spam reduction issue (and I suppose a denial
of service issue, etc.).

To find out if your ISP allows this at all, and how they want you to
authenticate, you will need to check with them.

... just don't tell them you're using SeaMonkey - they will likely just
clam up at that point and refuse to help.
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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-22 Thread d...@kd4e.com

Mark Hansen wrote:
Perhaps you're ISP never required this before?


Only one of the three E-mail accounts have anything to
do with my ISP.

The other two are hosted entirely apart from my ISP, one
on the GoDaddy servers and one on another smaller server.

This eliminates my ISP as the source of the problem.



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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-22 Thread Leonidas Jones
d...@kd4e.com d...@kd4e.com wrote:
 Mark Hansen wrote:
 Perhaps you're ISP never required this before?
 
 Only one of the three E-mail accounts have anything to
 do with my ISP.
 
 The other two are hosted entirely apart from my ISP, one
 on the GoDaddy servers and one on another smaller server.
 
 This eliminates my ISP as the source of the problem.
 
 

Maybe, maybe not.

If you want help, you need to post some details about about the accounts
that are not working, and both the incoming and outgoing server
settings.  Then maybe you can get some specific advice.

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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-22 Thread JAS
d...@kd4e.com wrote:
 Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

 What I've done on my laptop is set up another SMTP server in my mail and
 news account settings, and when (for example) connecting through
 Verizon, who are not my normal ISP, I make that my default SMTP server
 (the setup for that SMTP server has to include a Verizon username and
 password). But when I'm at a location where the ISP doesn't care, I go
 on using the SMTP server I would normally use.

 I'm not completely clear on this.

 You mean that when I am at the coffee shop and am using their Wifi I
 would need to ID their server and add it in order to send E-mails?

 The same with the Dunkin Donuts, the library, the airport, etc?

 I have not had to do this before and have never heard of the need
 to do this before.

 Has something changed so that everyone needs to do this in SM now?


I never had a problem until my ISP changed to secure and required
authentication from me, so it is your ISP.

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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-21 Thread Beauregard T. Shagnasty
d...@kd4e.com wrote:

 I keep meaning to ask this but forget when I get home. 
 I have had a problem with many/most non-home router connections with
 the outgoing mail failing. 

Multiple computers?  What exactly do you mean by many/most non-home
router connections?

 I get a message saying that the connection to the smtp server failed.
 What setting might be interfering with this, please?

First place I'd look is at your firewall.

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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-21 Thread d...@kd4e.com

 Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

d...@kd4e.com wrote:


I keep meaning to ask this but forget when I get home.
I have had a problem with many/most non-home router connections with
the outgoing mail failing.


Multiple computers?  What exactly do you mean by many/most non-home
router connections?


I get a message saying that the connection to the smtp server failed.
What setting might be interfering with this, please?


First place I'd look is at your firewall.


Same laptop in multiple locations.

Reliable at home but generally will not send via wifi connections
at library, coffeehouse, church, etc.

Web browser works fine and incoming mail seems to work fine.

What sort of setting would only impact the outgoing E-mail?

BTW:  I have tried my E-mails via 3 different E-mail servers;
my Web domain host, GoDaddy, and my ISP.


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Re: Cannot send except at home

2010-09-21 Thread Paul B. Gallagher

d...@kd4e.com wrote:


I keep meaning to ask this but forget when I get home.

I have had a problem with many/most non-home router
connections with the outgoing mail failing.

I get a message saying that the connection to the
smtp server failed.

What setting might be interfering with this, please?


Some ISPs require you to use their own SMTP servers whenever you use 
their connection. So if you normally send through smtp.mywebsite.com and 
try that when you're on the road connecting through stupidisp.com, 
stupidisp.com will block access to smtp.mywebsite.com. To my mind, it's 
stupid of them to insist that you use their resources when you would 
rather use someone else's, but whatever.


What I've done on my laptop is set up another SMTP server in my mail and 
news account settings, and when (for example) connecting through 
Verizon, who are not my normal ISP, I make that my default SMTP server 
(the setup for that SMTP server has to include a Verizon username and 
password). But when I'm at a location where the ISP doesn't care, I go 
on using the SMTP server I would normally use.


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